PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Blackburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blackburn
vs
Bailey

177 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Blackburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Blackburn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blackburn throws a poor cross that misses
and Bailey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blackburn takes a swing at Bailey's ribcage but misses.
Bailey moves away from the strike by Blackburn.
Bailey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bailey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Darren Bailey has been cut.
A punch combination from Blackburn misses.
Blackburn misses with a body shot.
Blackburn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Bailey drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey is staying tight to Blackburn's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Bailey is working to tighten his grip on Blackburn's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Blackburn has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Bailey is really squeezing tight and eventually Blackburn passes out! Bailey breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Darren Bailey!